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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Architecture The Emptiness of Criticizing Modernism

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:24 AM

The grave music, the profound sorrow of the critic, the terrific explosions, the fall of the unlovely buildings, the rise of the dust clouds, the sheer horror of it all: modernism...

While listening to stuffy Scruton, notice how he fails to mention the economics of anything. As you should know by now, a discussion about beauty that excludes economics is empty, worthless, nothing more than words dissolving in the air.

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I think "stuffy Scruton" is spot on with his observations and analysis. Great video presentation of the ugliness that assaults and confronts us in the current era.

Posted by No Offense on December 18, 2012 at 12:08 PM

I do think he eludes to economics. This is the soulless architecture that only embraces function that no one wants to live in. You see this type of architecture going up every day in Seattle.

Posted by Senor Guy on December 18, 2012 at 10:45 AM

Charles always hates it when people don't like cities, want to seek solace in nature, or not prefer to suffocate puppies in a bag.

Posted by Mudede: trying too hard on December 18, 2012 at 9:12 AM